De'Aaron Fox vs. Elmore Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elmore Smith and De'Aaron Fox, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

De'Aaron Fox played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Elmore Smith, who played 8. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Elmore Smith had his rookie season in 1971-72. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	De'Aaron Fox	Elmore Smith
Season	2017-18	1971-72
Team	Sacramento Kings	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
Elmore Smith	78	40.8	17.3	-	-	15.2	1.4	-	-	-	3.9	7.4	16.3	.454	-	-	-	2.5	4.7	.534
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elmore Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	De'Aaron Fox	Elmore Smith
Season	2019-20	1973-74
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
Elmore Smith	81	36.1	12.5	2.5	8.7	11.2	1.9	0.9	4.9	-	3.8	5.4	11.7	.457	-	-	-	1.8	3.1	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elmore Smith	5	34.2	19.2	3.8	6.8	10.6	1.2	1.4	1.6	-	4.0	8.4	17.6	.477	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.706

Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Elmore Smith
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
Elmore Smith	70	20.9	8.6	1.6	4.6	6.3	0.6	0.5	2.1	-	3.0	3.4	7.2	.475	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.549
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
Elmore Smith	3	18.7	13.7	2.0	6.0	8.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	-	3.3	6.0	11.0	.545	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625